"a cartoon titled simply ""The Dukes"". This cartoon lasted for two seasons, both in 1983 for a total of 20 episodes. Boss Hogg Jefferson Davis 'J.D.' Hogg, known as Boss Hogg, is a fictional character featured in the American television series ""The Dukes of Hazzard"". He was the greedy, unethical commissioner of Hazzard County. A stereotypical villainous glutton, Boss Hogg almost always wore an all-white suit with a white cowboy hat and regularly smoked cigars. His namesake is Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States of America. Boss Hogg is one of only two characters to appear in every"
"as played by Bob Hoskins. Big Breadwinner Hog Big Breadwinner Hog is a British television thriller serial devised by Robin Chapman, produced by Granada TV and transmitted in eight parts, starting at 9.00pm on 11 April 1969 on the ITV network. It portrayed the ruthless rise through the criminal underworld of the trendy young London gangster Hogarth (Peter Egan). He exploits the resources of a declining gangster, Ryan (Godfrey Quigley), to take over the dominant crime syndicate Scot-Yanks, controlled by the equally ruthless and manipulative Lennox (Timothy West). The key to Hogarth's success is knowledge of a murder arranged by"
"Dukes often coming to his rescue (see below), Hogg forever seems to have an irrational dislike of the clan, particularly Bo and Luke, often accusing them of spying on him, robbing or planning to rob him, and other supposedly nefarious actions, as he believes they are generally out to get him. The role of Boss Hogg was played by Sorrell Booke, who performed frequently on radio, stage, and film prior to his role in The Dukes of Hazzard. Boss Hogg is one of only two characters to appear in every episode of the TV series, the other being Uncle Jesse"
"Big Breadwinner Hog Big Breadwinner Hog is a British television thriller serial devised by Robin Chapman, produced by Granada TV and transmitted in eight parts, starting at 9.00pm on 11 April 1969 on the ITV network. It portrayed the ruthless rise through the criminal underworld of the trendy young London gangster Hogarth (Peter Egan). He exploits the resources of a declining gangster, Ryan (Godfrey Quigley), to take over the dominant crime syndicate Scot-Yanks, controlled by the equally ruthless and manipulative Lennox (Timothy West). The key to Hogarth's success is knowledge of a murder arranged by Lennox, of which there is"
"love Lulu, frequently calling her such petnames, as ""Angel Food Cake"", ""Marshmallow"", and ""Sugarplum Puddin'."") Boss also has an identical twin brother, Abraham Lincoln Hogg, who appeared in one episode of the show (the third season's ""Baa, Baa White Sheep""). Also played by Booke, A.L Hogg is the opposite of J.D.—he was kind, honest, law-abiding, dressed in black, and drove a black Cadillac—and was friendly with the Dukes, particularly Uncle Jesse. Boss and Lulu are childless, but have at least two nephews: Hughie Hogg and Jamie Lee Hogg (Jonathan Frakes). Like their uncle, both Hughie and Jamie Lee are often"
"of Hazzard"" (2005), the big-screen remake of the TV series. This version of Boss was far more serious and wily than his TV counterpart. Although it was indicated that this Boss Hogg enjoyed fine cuisine, he was not the overweight glutton of the television series. Chris McDonald played Boss Hogg in """" (2007). Much like Reynolds' portrayal, Hogg was not overweight as his TV series version was, although he was decidedly taller (McDonald is 6'3"", nine inches taller than Booke was). Boss Hogg appears in the game """", voiced by Wayne Powers. Boss, voiced by Sorrell Booke himself, appeared in"
"corrupt Boss Hogg. Boss Hogg's car was a triple white 1970 Cadillac DeVille (1976 Cadillac Eldorado in the 2005 film) convertible, with large bull horns for a hood ornament, and in the movies sported pistol shaped door handles. He had a chauffeur named Alex, who drove the car in the first few seasons; in later years, Hogg became the car's principal driver and frequently challenged others by invoking his driving expertise from his days as a ridge-runner. Unlike other vehicles in the series, Boss Hogg's Cadillac is typically handled carefully and he was always blaming Cooter if even the smallest"
"Sorrell Booke Sorrell Booke (January 4, 1930 – February 11, 1994) was an American actor who performed on stage, screen, and television. He is best known for his role as corrupt politician Jefferson Davis ""Boss"" Hogg in the television show ""The Dukes of Hazzard"". Booke was born in Buffalo, New York, a cousin of Max Yasgur. He earned degrees from both Columbia and Yale universities. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War as a counterintelligence officer. Booke came to Hollywood via a theatre degree from Yale University and a decade on the New York Stage. One"
"from 1958 to 1973. They had two children, Alexandra and Nicholas. Booke has a brother, Fred. On February 11, 1994, Booke died of colorectal cancer in Sherman Oaks, California. He is interred at the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. His tombstone reads, ""Beloved Pa, Grandpa, Brother and Boss."" Sorrell Booke Sorrell Booke (January 4, 1930 – February 11, 1994) was an American actor who performed on stage, screen, and television. He is best known for his role as corrupt politician Jefferson Davis ""Boss"" Hogg in the television show ""The Dukes of Hazzard"". Booke was born in Buffalo,"
"foreclosed by Boss Hogg. Actually, Boss Hogg wants the money and the land for himself so he, alongside Rosco and Flash, plans various schemes to keep the Dukes from winning. Most of the adventures are read from a post card by Uncle Jesse Duke to his pet raccoon, Smokey. The first season took place during the period of the live-action series' replacement of the original actors with similar characters, Coy and Vance Duke, after the actors playing Bo and Luke walked out over a dispute about royalties. Thus, the first season of this animated series featured Coy and Vance. Bo"
"where he and Jesse challenge each other to one last moonshine race. From the fourth season onward, except for a couple of brief reappearances of the chauffeur (during the fourth season), Hogg drove himself around in his Cadillac (or occasionally driven by Rosco and, in the series' finale, by Uncle Jesse) and frequently challenged others by invoking his driving expertise from his days as a ridge-runner. Unlike other vehicles in the series, Boss Hogg's Cadillac is typically treated with kid gloves. The car is almost always seen with its convertible top down, with the top only being seen in two"
"again re-cast, this time being played by Peter Egan (better known at the time as a trendy gangster from a controversial TV series, ""Big Breadwinner Hog"" – now better known for sitcoms such as ""Ever Decreasing Circles""). The only recurring actors from the TV series were Woodward as Callan, Russell Hunter as Lonely and Clifford Rose as Dr Snell (who appeared in five episodes of the series from series two, three and four (though it's stated that Callan has never met Snell before)). There are two short story collections On 7 December 2017, Big Finish Productions announced plans to release"
"Theatre and General Electric Theatre. He appeared as Boss Hogg's devious nephew, Dewey Hogg, in ""The Dukes of Hazzard"" sixth-season episode ""How to Succeed in Hazzard"" (1984). He had featured roles in the 1993 miniseries ""Wild Palms"" and the 2000 medical drama ""City of Angels"". He also appeared in five episodes of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater from 1974 to 1976. Beginning in 2007, Morse took on a recurring role in the AMC dramatic series ""Mad Men"" as Bertram Cooper, a founding partner in the advertising agency Sterling Cooper, for which role he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award"
"the series evolved over its first and subsequent seasons, Hogg developed more into a comical money-grabbing villain, more intent on various get-rich-quick schemes and shady plots than ever knowingly causing anyone serious harm. With this evolution of the character, for which the foundations were set over the course of the first half-season, came the closer pairing of Hogg and bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (James Best), and as the pair's comical ability together became apparent and a popular element of the series, Booke and Best were often given permission to ad-lib and improvise their scenes together. By the time of"
"the changing-room conditions. His gripe was that he didn’t mind getting soaked and / or covered in mud, etc., when filming Rosco crashing his car into rivers and suchlike, but was unhappy with the poor changing facilities afterwards. During his absence, Rosco was replaced by a number of stand-in sheriffs (played by such actors as James Hampton and Dick Sargent). Eventually the dispute was settled, and Best returned as Rosco, remaining for the rest of the show's run. Following the death of actor Sorrell Booke who played Boss Hogg, the first also showed that Boss Hogg had died. Rosco inherited"
"""Bronco"", ""Cimarron City"", ""The Lone Ranger"", ""The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp"" (one episode as Ben Thompson), ""Shotgun Slade"", ""The Deputy"", ""Bonanza"", ""Bat Masterson"", ""The Adventures of Jim Bowie"", ""Trackdown"", ""Tales of Wells Fargo"", ""Yancy Derringer"", ""Laramie"", ""Two Faces West"", ""Lawman"", """", ""The Restless Gun"", ""The Rough Riders"", ""Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre"", ""Pony Express"", ""Rawhide"", ""Mackenzie's Raiders"", ""Have Gun – Will Travel"", ""The Texan"", ""The Man from Blackhawk"", ""Hotel de Paree"", ""Overland Trail"", ""Maverick"", ""The Virginian"", ""The Big Valley"", ""Laredo"", ""The Outcasts"", ""Wagon Train"" (five times), and Robert Conrad's ""The Wild Wild West"". Coy appeared as John Wayne's"
"began flirting with the idea of incorporating a ""celebrity speed trap"" into some of the episodes, as a means to feature top country stars of the day performing their hits. On its first couple of instances, the ""Speed Trap"" was featured early in the story, but for most of the cases, it was featured in the last few minutes of an episode, often used when the main story was running too short to fill episode time. The ""celebrity speed trap"" feature was essentially similar: Aware that a big-name country star was passing through the area, Boss Hogg would order Rosco"
"getting physically hurt in the process (showing that he does have ""some"" scruples), making him one of the few TV villains with any such sense of personal ethics. Boss Hogg is described in one analysis as ""an ineffectual bad guy—hence amusing"". Hogg owned most of Hazzard's property and businesses, either directly or by holding the mortgages over the land. His lust for money often drove him to participate in criminal activities—usually by enlisting the aid of associates—mainly his right-hand man and partner in crime, the dim-witted, bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane. Together, the two schemed to frame the Duke family"
"and ""Casper Meets Wendy"", Willie Bear in ""Horton Hears a Who!"" and Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck in ""Robot Chicken"". He also voiced Gaston in one part of ""Beauty and the Beast"", when Gaston eats eggs. As of 2014, he plays Doc, the leader of the title characters in Disney's animated television series ""The 7D"". He also voiced Blackhoof Boar Clan Leader in the 2008 video game ""Kung Fu Panda"" Bill Farmer still regularly performs comedy routines at the Laugh Factory. In September 2009, Farmer was named a Disney Legend. In 2011, the International Family Film Festival awarded Bill Farmer"
"Boss Hogg suffered amnesia as a result of being hit on the head. When he awakened, he was a kind, caring, honest and fair man who intended to ""clean up Hazzard County of all corruption"". He did not like being referred to as ""Boss"" or even as ""J.D."", instead identifying himself as ""Jefferson Davis Hogg with two G's"", or just ""Jefferson"" for short. Jefferson actually liked and appreciated the Dukes for the help they bring to Hazzard, and helped them whenever he could—until he received another bump on the head (many times, via Rosco) and turned back into the ruthless,"
"exact revenge for Boss's betrayal, Bo and Luke almost always came to his rescue. Boss held various positions in the community including County Commissioner, Police Commissioner, Chief of the Volunteer Fire Department, Justice of the Peace and Bank President. All of these organizations seemed to suffer from his greed. It seems in some episodes that his position of County Commissioner is elected; Hogg was even once defeated for this office (by one vote, cast at the last minute), but Boss was back in charge in the following episode. Boss constantly looks for new, usually dishonest, methods to bring revenue into"
"specifically for the 1966 ""Batman"" TV series (e.g., King Tut, Shame, The Siren, Chandell, the Bookworm, and Louie the Lilac). Egghead would go on to be introduced in the comic books. Egghead was introduced in the second season two-parter, ""An Egg Grows in Gotham"" and ""The Yegg Foes in Gotham,"" where he schemed with Chief Screaming Chicken (Edward Everett Horton) of the Mohican Indian tribe to revert control of Gotham City to the Chief's people. In return, Egghead would also govern the city and enable the criminal underground to run amok. Their scheme was foiled by Batman (Adam West) and"
"to have him removed from his position via any of their friends who can cross the Hazzard county line and report on his corrupt actions, indicating that they are unwilling to see Hogg truly placed in legal trouble despite all the issues he causes for them. Whether this is out of respect for Hogg's strange friendship with their uncle Jesse or not was never revealed. Boss is married to Rosco's ""fat sister"", Lulu Coltrane Hogg, making Boss and Rosco brothers-in-law. In the first episode, ""One Armed Bandits"", and referenced again in some later episodes, Boss mentions that she had him"
"only one used during the opening credits for the entire run of the series, with the exception of the pilot episode, which had no scenes from Mel's Diner in the opening. Opening titles cast members: Other recurring cast members: Other notable guest stars: Eve Arden, Desi Arnaz, Brice Beckham, Fred Berry, Sorrell Booke (as Boss Hogg), George Burns (as himself), Ruth Buzzi (as Chloe Beesmeyer, Henry's wife), Art Carney (as himself), Corey Feldman, Robert Goulet, Joel Grey (as himself), Florence Halop, Eileen Heckart (as Rose Hyatt, Alice's interfering mother in-law), Florence Henderson, Jay Leno, Bill Maher, Nancy McKeon (Philip's sister,"
"Birmingham, Alabama. His sons are actor Ryan Hurst, and Collin Hurst. Rick Hurst Richard Douglas Hurst (born January 1, 1946) is an American actor who portrayed Deputy Cletus Hogg, Boss Hogg's cousin, in the 1980 to 1983 seasons of ""The Dukes of Hazzard"" as well as """" in 1997 and """" in 2000. He also starred as Earl, the chef in the short-lived Bea Arthur series, ""Amanda's"". He appeared in many movies, including ""The Karate Kid Part III"" (1989) as the Announcer. He makes numerous appearances at various Dukes of Hazzard events and at Cooters in Nashville and Gatlinburg, Tennessee."
"Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane Rosco Purvis Coltrane is a fictional bumbling and corrupt sheriff character in the American TV series ""The Dukes of Hazzard"" along with the movie ""Moonrunners"" and the movies that followed. He is the right-hand man of Hazzard County's corrupt county commissioner, Jefferson Davis ""J.D."" Hogg (""Boss Hogg""). The role of Rosco in the television series was played by James Best, who had appeared in numerous films and TV series before landing the role. He appeared in all but five episodes. He was accompanied on the show by his character's pet/police dog (beginning season 3) basset hound"
"Calhoun, Suzie “Mirage” Young, Hugh S. “Bullseye” Forward, and Rex “Bowser” Pointer and his robot dog Blitz, he forms a team that is “the finest law enforcement agency there is in the country.” Bulletproof becomes the proud founder and commander of COPS. Together, he and his COPS team are able to take down Big Boss and his gang of crooks and thwart the first of many of Big Boss’ criminal schemes. Each episode has a title that begins with “The Case of...” with a different phrase being added to it (e.g. “The Case of the Iron C.O.P.S. and Wooden CROOKS”;"
"Business"". However, he is best known for his role of Booger in ""Revenge of the Nerds"" and its sequel """". He later reprised his role as Booger in the 1992 television movie """" and the 1994 television movie """". Armstrong's typecasting in the role was mocked in ""The Simpsons"" episode ""E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)"". His other films include ""Better Off Dead"", ""Big Bully"", ""One Crazy Summer"", ""Bad Medicine"", ""National Lampoon's Van Wilder"", ""Smokin' Aces"", """", ""Jingle All The Way"", ""Southland Tales"", and ""Beer for My Horses"". He also had a recurring role as Herbert Viola on the television series ""Moonlighting"", and played"
"2014, and on Decades in March 2015. Commencing in 2018, the show was broadcast on Talking Pictures TV. The Rogues (TV series) The Rogues is an American television series that appeared on NBC from September 13, 1964, to April 18, 1965, starring David Niven, Charles Boyer, and Gig Young as a related trio of former conmen who could, for the right price, be persuaded to trick a very wealthy and heinously unscrupulous mark. Although it won the 1964 Golden Globe award for Best Television Series, the show was cancelled after one season consisting of thirty episodes. Niven and Boyer were"
"15 episodes (1999-2000). In 2010, Pitt was cast as Jimmy Darmody in the HBO series ""Boardwalk Empire"" (about the rise of Atlantic City during the Prohibition era), as the protégé of corrupt politician Nucky Thompson, played by ""Delirious"" co-star Steve Buscemi. He appeared in the show's first two seasons and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Critics's Choice Award for his performance. In 2014, he was cast in the recurring role of Mason Verger in the NBC series ""Hannibal"" playing the role in the show's second season. He subsequently left and was replaced by Joe Anderson."
"In an unusual move, the series—with the same leads—aired original episodes on CBS Radio, concurrently with the TV broadcasts, from December 1952 through August 1955. Only 23 radio broadcasts are known to exist in recorded form. Set in New York City, the series stars Gale Storm as 21-year-old Margie Albright and former silent film star Charles Farrell as her widowed father, 50-year-old Vern Albright. They share an apartment at the Carlton Arms Hotel. Vern Albright is the vice-president of the investment firm of Honeywell and Todd, where his bosses are George Honeywell (Clarence Kolb) and Mr. Todd (George Meader), whose"
"Death""),"" The Mod Squad"","" I Spy"", and ""The Fugitive"" Best played Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on CBS's ""The Dukes of Hazzard"" from the debut of the program in 1979 until the end of the series in 1985. That role was Best's most visible success. He later revealed that the caricature-like persona of Sheriff Coltrane was developed from a voice he used when playing with his young children. On set, Best was particularly close to Sorrell Booke, who played the character of Boss Hogg, who was both the boss and the brother-in-law of Rosco. The two actors became close friends; and"
"CBS's ""Gunsmoke"", ""Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater"", NBC's ""Bat Masterson"", and on the contemporary crime drama ""Dragnet"". He appeared twice on ""The Roy Rogers Show"", ""The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp"", ""Tombstone Territory"", and ""Johnny Ringo""; and once on ""The Adventures of Kit Carson"", ""Shotgun Slade"", ""Black Saddle"", ""Law of the Plainsman"", ""Lawman"", ""Laramie"", ""The Virginian"", and ""Yancy Derringer"", in the latter as the bandit Jesse James in the episode ""Outlaw at Liberty"". Other series in which King performed include ""Alcoa Premiere"", ""Whirlybirds"", ""Rescue 8"", ""Tightrope"", ""Men into Space"", ""Lock-Up,"" ""Rescue 8"", ""Harbor Command"", ""Highway Patrol"", and ""The Public"